PGAWC 2023 Wasserkuppe, Germany

Congratulations to ADAM pilots Yang Chen of China and Ivana Ferarič of the Czech Republic. They finished joint third overall and first woman in the Paragliding Accuracy World Cup round in Wasserkuppe, Germany.

Yan Chen also topped the overall scores for the season, and is one of 30 pilots to have qualified for the Superfinal, which will be held in Jingmen City, China, starting 8 November.

The Wasserkuppe event took place from 28 September - 2 October 2023, and hosted competitors from 35 countries. The best 86 pilots of the 187 who registered, qualified, and six rounds were held. The results were:

Wasserkuppe results – Overall
1. Matjaž Sluga (Slovenia)
2. Andreas Schubert (Germany)
=3. Yang Chen (China) and Linus Schubert (Germany)

Wasserkuppe results – Women
1. Ivana Ferarič (Czech Republic)
2. Liao Qingli (China)
3. Eunyong Cho (South Korea)

Overall results 2023 season
1. Yang Chen (China)
2. Feng Li (China)
3. Chulsoo Lee (South Korea)

These BGD pilots all qualified for the Superfinal: Yang Chen (CN), Vlastimil Vachtl (CZ), Migjen Shala (KOS), Umut Akcil (Tur) and Almas Ahmetov (KZ) and we wish them all the best of luck!

Photos: Matjaž Ferarič